The Delaware Valley Association of Black Psychologists In 1968, The Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi), founded on self-determination
and a passionate desire to respond constructively to the most significant health and
mental health challenges of black communities, sprang to life in San Francisco through
the collective vision and work of several black academic and practitioner psychologists.
From its onset, DVABPsi championed rigorous professional development and robust fellowship
as signature components of its organizational identity. Members still enjoy spirited,
topical dissections and treatments of important health and mental health affairs.
Members continue to thrive among colleagues and friends, who show respect and support
for one another non-competitively. At the same time, DVABPsi also developed to serve
black people, black communities, and those disadvantaged or marginalized. DVABPsi’s
current community-healing seminars and interventions, student scholarships and career
advancement programs, and abiding commitments to personal and collective re-empowerment
still reflect its history of uplift and service. http://www.dvabpsi.org/

Congreso de Latinos UnidosCongreso's mission is to strengthen Latino communities through social, economic, education,
and health services; leadership development; and advocacy. Congreso is a nationally
recognized multi-service organization. Congreso's goal is to alleviate poverty and
promote economic self- sufficiency to ensure that our most vulnerable populations
have the educational credentials and workforce skills to compete in a global economy.
Congreso places the client at the center for all decisions and achieves its goals
through measuring client outcomes and creating strategic partnerships. Congeso is
an established leader of education, workforce, and health, behavioral health and
safety services.http://www.congreso.net/site/

SEAMAAC (Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition, Inc.)Founded in 1984, the Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition, Inc.
(SEAMAAC) has over 2 decades of experience serving and advocating for refugees, immigrants,
and asylees in the Greater Philadelphia area. Its mission is to support immigrants,
refugees, and their families as they seek access to opportunities which would advance
the condition of their lives in the United States. SEAMAAC continues to bring issues
affecting immigrants/refugees to the forefront for policy makers and other health
and social service agencies. SEAMAAC currently maintains programs in translation,
ESL, job training, youth programs, elderly programs, truancy prevention and health
(prenatal care, Hepatitis B, HIV, lead poisoning, tobacco). Annually SEAMAAC serves
approximately 1,500 immigrants, refugees and asylees. It reaches another 6,000 individuals
from the immigrant and refugee communities, through its outreach work and various
special events such as community and health fairs throughout the Greater Philadelphia
Area. http://www.seamaac.org/index.html

Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services
(DBHIDS)Philadelphia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services
(DBHIDS) provides services through a network of agencies while collaborating with
the Philadelphia School District, child welfare and judicial systems, and other stakeholders.
The City of Philadelphia has integrated its behavioral health care and intellectual
disability services into one comprehensive system. The DBHIDS management team and
its employees embrace a vision of recovery, resilience, and self-determination. It
continues to shift to a model of care directed by the person in recovery. In this
model, professional treatment is one aspect among many that supports people in managing
their own conditions while building their own recovery resources. This recovery process
should be viewed as a lifetime journey. http://www.dbhids.org/

Philadelphia Corporation for AgingThe mission of Philadelphia Corporation for Aging is to improve the quality of life
for older Philadelphians or people with disabilities and to assist them in achieving
their maximum level of health, independence and productivity. Special consideration
is given to those with the greatest social, economic, and health needs. http://www.pcacares.org/

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns Office (LGBTCO) advances psychology as a means of improving the health and well-being of LGBT people,
of increasing understanding of gender identity and sexual orientation as aspects of
human diversity, and of reducing stigma, prejudice, discrimination, and violence toward
LGBT people. http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/index.aspx

Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology

The Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology (CDIP) (established 1980) is a six-person continuing committee reporting through the American
Psychological Association’s Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public
Interest (BAPPI) to the Board of Directors and Council of Representatives. http://www.apa.org/pi/disability/committee/index.aspx

Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs

The Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs (OEMA) of the American Psychological Association seeks to increase scientific understanding
of how psychology pertains to both race/ethnicity and culture. http://www.apa.org/pi/oema/index.aspx

Women's Programs Office

The Women's Programs Office of the American Psychological Association works to improve the status, health, and
well-being of women psychologists and consumers of psychological services. http://www.apa.org/pi/women/index.aspx

Ethnic Minority Psychological Associations Publications

Psychological Treatment of Ethnic Minority Populations (PDF, 609KB) Developed in response to critical concern about the appropriateness of theory and
practice of much psychological treatment of ethnic minority populations, this brochure
seeks to empower ethnic minority consumers and inform researchers, trainers, providers
and funders of psychological services. http://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/brochures/treatment-minority.pdf

Guidelines for Research in Ethnic Minority Communities (PDF, 200KB)Developed to empower communities of color and to inform not only the nation's social
and behavioral researchers, but also major public and private funders of community
research and public policy analysts and advocates. http://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/cnpaaemi-guidelines.pdf

Psychology Education and Training From Culture Specific and Multiracial Perspectives
(PDF, 2.4MB) This booklet illustrates the importance of infusing ethnic/culture-specific perspectives
into psychology education by describing the social-historical contexts of major contemporary
psychological challenges and strengths of ethnic minority and biracial populations.
Related implications for psychological research and practice are identified, and additional
information sources are provided. http://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/education-training.pdf